Sorry I haven't updated this story in a while. I have been having trouble coming up with ideas for the story. This is just a short chapter before the cruise. Next chapter will be the beginning of the cruise. :). Thanks for the reviews! They make me want to keep making chapters!
Over the next couple of days, I packed for the cruise. I was getting excited but also nervous because I was going to meet all of Ryan's family. I looked in my closet to pack any fancy clothes that I could find.
"Ma! Could I wear this to the wedding?" I called down to the kitchen. Her footsteps coming up the stairs into my room. I expected to see only her, but I also saw my father. I showed her the pantsuit that I holding. She furrowed her brow and looked like she was in shock.
"That! You think you could wear that! No, no, no, no, no. You cannot wear that!" She took that pantsuit from me and started to look through my closet.
"What's wrong with wearing that?" My father asked.
"No, she cannot wear that to a fancy wedding." She motioned for my father to leave the room so she could focus.
"Do you have any dresses?" She asked looking at me.
"Ugh, Ma. I hate dressing up!" I said. She glared at me to answer her question. "Dresses, I don't think so." I sat down on the chair in my room.
"Well, then I guess we have to go shopping." She said.
"Oh No! Do we have to?" I absolutely hated shopping. I had enough clothes to wear every day. Once we went to a store, we would be there for hours because my mother had to find the perfect outfit to wear.
"Put on your shoes and get in the car." She left my room. There was no use in trying to argue with her.
We drove to the mall and walked into the store. I spent a half hour with her trying to find dresses that we both would agree on. I changed into them and opened the door to show my mom.
"Oh no. Not this one." I said looking at myself in the mirror.
"Why not? You look beautiful." My mom said while quickly taking a photo.
"I look too fancy. I hate being in dresses. Why can't I just wear that pantsuit to the wedding?" I asked while walking back into the dressing room and closed the door.
"No, we are going to find a dress. Here, try this one on." She handed me a dress. I wanted to say no, but I put it on anyways. I looked at myself in the mirror and I was quiet.
"Jane, how does it look?"
"It looks okay. It's different." I responded while looking at myself shocked that I could actually like a dress that my mother had picked out. I walked out to show my mother.
"Oh Janey, You look so beautiful!" She got off her seat to walk closer to me. "Do you like it?" She asked.
"Yeah, I actually do."
"Then let's get this one!" I walked back through the door and changed into my normal, everyday clothes.
When I got back to the house I spent the next couple of hours packing. Frost came over to help with the last couple of things.
"What do you think meeting Ryan's family is going to be like?" Frost asked while helping me fold my clothes.
"I honestly don't know. I know that he comes from a wealthy family in California. I mean his whole family is going on this wedding cruise. That must be so much money. I don't know what I would do with all that money." Frost nodded his head. Both of our families have had trouble with money in the past.
"This is his brother's wedding right?" I nodded my head. "Where does his brother live?" He asked.
"I'm not actually sure."
"What do his parents do for a living?" He asked.
"I'm not sure of that either."
"Then what do you know?" He asked, chuckling to himself.
"I know that Ryan was scouted for football but he tore something in his leg so I couldn't play professionally. I honestly don't know a lot about his family. He doesn't seem to talk about them often. I don't really know what that is." We sat thinking about what that could mean.
"It's probably nothing. But you'll have a chance to find out more in a couple of days."
"Yeah, that's true." we packed up the rest of the clothes and zipped up my suitcase. A couple of hours went by and Frost had gone home. I was left wondering about how this trip was going to play out. I wanted his family to like me, but the conversation with Frost had left me a little uneasy because I really didn't know anything about his family. My mother poked her head into my room.
"Are you all packed for the trip?" She asked.
"Yeah, Frost helped me with the last of the items." I smiled at her.
"That's nice of him. The flight to Miami is at 5 tomorrow evening so we don't need to rush out tomorrow, but we should get there by 3:30 by the latest."
"Okay, thanks Ma."
"Goodnight Jane."
"Night Ma." She closed the door and I shut out the light. I listened to the wind blowing hard outside.
"Tomorrow is going to be okay," I said quietly, trying to reassure myself. I fell asleep to the blowing of the wind outside.
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